Callum Shepherd: Jockey’s 18-day ban overturned after Kempton useless warmth end


The ban had been set to run from 4-21 September, a interval which incorporates Haydock’s Dash Cup, the St Leger fixture at Doncaster and the Ayr Gold Cup assembly.

An attraction was lodged by the Skilled Jockeys’ Affiliation.

Shepherd had come by on the far rail and regarded set for victory after going forward inside the ultimate furlong earlier than briefly rising in his using irons as Flavour Maker and Ray Dawson stored on to complete joint first.

Kempton stewards stated Shepherd failed “to take all cheap and permissible measures on a horse which might have completed outright first”.

An impartial disciplinary attraction panel watched varied video angles of the race and end.

Louis Weston, for the BHA, instructed the listening to: “He stands up and stops using so for the 2 strides to the road, he’s doing nothing.”

He stated Shepherd instructed the stewards he felt “insulted” to be referred to as in, thought he had received the race by a neck however stored pushing to the ending line.

Rory Mac Neice, representing Shepherd, stated the jockey rode to realize the absolute best place however he momentarily acquired out of rhythm with the horse’s ultimate strides.

“It’s a matter of physics, he’s out of sync along with his horse,” stated Mac Neice.

Shepherd denied making a mistake and instructed the listening to he misplaced rhythm because the horse barely raised his head, which led him to bounce up and down within the saddle.

“It’s embarrassing frankly, but it surely’s uncommon,” he stated.

Two days earlier than the Kempton race, fellow jockey James Doyle averted sanctions after showing to cease using when crushed a brief head at Windsor.

The stewards accepted his rationalization that his mount No Retreat jinked and hung left, which induced him to turn into unbalanced within the saddle.

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